Urgent action needed to avert school technician recruitment crisis

Schools and colleges will face a shortage of skilled support staff unless urgent action is taken to address low pay and morale among technicians, warns a new report released today by UNISON.
A survey of more than 3,000 school and college technicians found the majority are over 50, earn below the national average wage and do not think the public or politicians understand what they do.
The survey by Preproom, which provides science resources for schools, found over half of technicians (51%) are 51